Satin topcoat
Low-sheen and forgiving. Diffuses light so micro-scratching does not read as haze, and shows fewer footprints between cleans. The default for busy public areas.
Commercial Systems
Commercial Epoxy Flooring
A commercial brief is always two things at once. The floor has to look right to the people who walk in, and it has to survive everything that happens after they do — footfall from opening to closing, trolleys, chair legs, spilled drinks and a cleaning routine that runs every single night.
What commercial epoxy flooring is
Commercial epoxy flooring is a resin system installed over your existing concrete slab and cured, on site, into one continuous surface. There are no tile joints and no grout lines. That single fact is why it keeps turning up in spaces that get cleaned every night: grout is the part of a tiled floor that discolours first, and once it has gone grey along a walking route no amount of mopping brings it back.
Epoxy is a family of systems rather than one product. A commercial specification is normally built from a primer that bonds to and seals the slab, a body coat that carries most of the thickness, a colour or decorative layer, and a protective topcoat. The topcoat decides most of what you will actually notice: how glossy the floor reads, how well it shrugs off scuffing from trolley wheels and hard heels, whether it stays colour-stable under a shopfront full of sunlight, and how much grip it has when it is wet.
Thickness is chosen, not fixed. A quiet office suite may need only a thin coating. A retail floor with a defined walking route, or a café with staff crossing between kitchen and counter a few hundred times a day, is better served by a self-levelling slurry that puts more material between the traffic and the concrete. We recommend the build-up after we have looked at your slab, not before.
Who it is for
Commercial work is where appearance and durability have to be solved in the same specification, and where the wrong choice shows up quickly. If your space is judged by customers and cleaned by staff, this is the category you are in.
- Showrooms and retail — a continuous floor with no joint lines to interrupt a display run
- Offices — quiet underfoot, easy to clean, and no carpet to hold dust
- Restaurants and cafés — spills wipe up, and slip-resistant finishes go where the floor gets wet
- Clinics and consulting rooms — hygienic, easy-to-sterilise surfaces suitable for clinical environments
- Gyms, studios and salons — a surface that takes equipment, water and constant mopping
- Hotel public areas — lobbies, corridors and back-of-house routes finished as one plane
It is not the right answer everywhere. If the space is a production hall with forklift traffic, chemical drainage or point loads, you want a heavier build than a commercial specification — that is industrial epoxy flooring. If it is a home, the priorities flip towards appearance and we would point you at residential systems.
Where it is used
Within one commercial building the demands change room by room. We usually specify the same family of system throughout for a consistent look, then change the topcoat and the texture where the use changes.
Showroom & sales floor
Open-plan offices
Dining & café areas
Clinics & waiting rooms
Hotel lobbies & corridors
Washrooms & wet areas
Gyms & studios
Stock & back-of-house
What It Looks Like
Finish Levels For Public Spaces
Illustrative examples of the finish types we install commercially. Tap any image to view it larger.
Advantages
Fewer Lines. Faster Cleaning.
Our epoxy floors cure into one continuous surface with no joints, no grout lines and nowhere for water to seep through. Spills, mopping and washdowns are handled easily — ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, commercial kitchens and wash areas.
Before installation we assess the slab for rising moisture. Where moisture is present we specify a moisture-tolerant primer or barrier system so the floor performs long term. This assessment is part of every free site inspection.
- Nightly cleaning gets quicker — a mop crosses the whole floor without lifting over joints
- Nothing to discolour along walking routes, because there is no grout to discolour
- Coving at wall junctions where hygiene matters, so there is no square corner to trap residue
- Slip-resistant finishes available for entrances, washrooms and kitchen routes
- Chemical resistance depending on the system specified, for cleaning products in daily use
- UV-stable topcoat available where a shopfront lets direct sunlight onto the floor
Sheen
Satin usually wins in a busy public space
High gloss photographs beautifully and it is what most clients ask for first. In a showroom that is lightly used, or an area you can keep polished, it is the right call — depth, reflection and a floor that reads as expensive.
In a space with real footfall, satin is the more practical choice, for two unglamorous reasons. Every hard floor picks up micro-scratching from grit carried in on shoes; a satin surface diffuses light, so that fine scratch pattern does not read as a haze the way it does on a mirror finish. And satin shows far fewer footprints and smears between cleans, which matters when the floor is at its busiest in the middle of the day rather than at 6am when it was last mopped.
The honest way to decide is to look at both under your own lighting. We bring sample panels to the inspection, put them on the floor in the actual space, and let you see what the sheen does under your downlights before anything is ordered.
Honest Limitations
What A Resin Floor Will Not Do
These are the trade-offs worth knowing before you commit. If any of them is a problem for your operation, tell us early — several can be designed around.
- The space must be handed over empty and stay closed through cure. Fixtures, racking, furniture and stock all have to come out, and nobody can walk on the floor until it has cured. There is no version of this work that happens around a trading shop floor.
- Return-to-service is system-specific. Different resins and topcoats cure at different rates, and temperature affects all of them. We do not quote one universal number — the light-foot-traffic and full-service dates for your system are stated in your quotation.
- Very pale finishes need more frequent cleaning. Whites, creams and pale greys look excellent on day one, but on a high-traffic route they show soiling sooner than a mid-tone. Choosing pale is a decision to clean more often, not a defect in the floor.
- Entrance matting is still needed. Grit tracked in from the street is what abrades any floor — resin, tile, stone or timber. A proper matting run at every external door is the single cheapest thing you can do to extend the life of the finish.
- Smooth resin is slippery when wet. Grip comes from a textured or broadcast finish, specified where it is needed. If you want a mirror finish right up to a washroom door, we will tell you that is the wrong place for it.
- The floor is only as stable as the slab under it. Most resin-floor cracking originates in the concrete substrate, not the resin. We repair what we find, but a slab with active structural movement needs that issue addressed before any finish goes down.
Why we lead with this. A commercial floor is a shutdown as well as a purchase. Knowing the constraints in advance is what lets you plan the closure properly — and it is the reason our programme dates hold.
Installation
How A Commercial Floor Is Installed
The order does not change. Skipping preparation is how resin floors fail, and it is the step clients are most often asked to pay less for elsewhere.
Site inspection
We measure, look at the existing floor, and map how the space is actually used — where people enter, where trolleys run, where it gets wet.
Slab & moisture assessment
We check the substrate for rising moisture and specify a moisture-tolerant primer where it is needed, before any system is priced.
Programme & phasing
We agree the closure with you — nights, a weekend, or zone by zone — and set the dates the space must be empty and the dates you get it back.
Mechanical preparation
Diamond grinding opens the slab so the resin can bond. Nothing is coated over dust or laitance, and old adhesive and coatings are removed.
Crack & joint repair
Cracks are cut, filled and consolidated, and level differences between zones are corrected so the finished floor reads as one plane.
Primer & coving
A penetrating primer seals the slab. Where hygiene matters, coving is formed at wall junctions so there is no square corner to trap residue.
Body coat & colour
The bulk of the thickness goes down and levels itself, carrying the colour or decorative layer you selected from the sample panels.
Topcoat, cure & handover
The topcoat sets the sheen, abrasion and slip performance. We cure to the confirmed return-to-service dates, walk the floor with you and hand over the written warranty.
Cost
What Actually Moves The Price
Commercial rates start from Rs. 570 per sqft and rise with the system and the finish. That figure is indicative only — it is a planning number, not a quotation. Here is what shifts it in practice.
| Cost factor | What it changes | Effect on rate |
|---|---|---|
| Slab condition | Grinding time, crack repair, levelling compound and old coating removal. The most common reason two quotes for the same area differ. | Large |
| System thickness | A thin coating uses far less material than a self-levelling slurry. Traffic and impact decide which you need. | Large |
| Finish and sheen | Solid colour is the base. Metallic, marble-effect and custom decorative layers add material and labour. | Moderate to large |
| Total area | Rate per sqft falls as area rises — mobilisation, preparation plant and set-up are spread across more floor. | Moderate |
| Phasing and night work | Zoned or out-of-hours installation costs more per sqft than one clear shutdown, because the crew mobilises repeatedly. | Moderate |
| Slip-resistant areas | Broadcast aggregate and a heavier topcoat at entrances, washrooms and kitchen routes. | Small to moderate |
| Coving and detailing | Formed coving, thresholds, drain falls and colour demarcation are measured separately by linear foot. | Small to moderate |
| Moisture mitigation | A moisture-tolerant primer or barrier system where the slab assessment calls for it. | Varies with the slab |
| City and access | Travel to the site, upper-floor access, lift restrictions and power availability on site. | Small |
How we price. We do not quote per sqft over the phone. We inspect the slab free of charge, measure the area, agree the system and the phasing, then issue a fixed written quotation with the return-to-service dates in it.
Programme
Phased So You Keep Trading
Very few commercial clients can close for a week. Most of our commercial work is programmed around the business rather than the other way round — nights after closing, a single weekend shutdown, or the floor split into zones so half the space stays open while the other half is worked and cured.
A typical single commercial area runs to a few days on site: preparation and repairs first, then primer, body coat and topcoat on successive days, then cure. Larger floors are sequenced zone by zone and take longer overall but keep more of the space usable. We set the dates at the inspection and give you a written programme.
Return-to-service is system-specific. Light foot traffic, furniture replacement and full service each have their own date, and those dates depend on the resin, the topcoat and the temperature on site. We confirm all three in your quotation rather than quoting one number for every job.
Maintenance
Keeping It Looking New
The routine is simple, and it is mostly about grit. Everything that dulls a resin floor arrives on the soles of shoes, so the two habits that matter most are matting at the doors and sweeping before you mop.
- Dust mop or sweep daily, before wet cleaning — this is what actually protects the finish
- Mop with a pH-neutral detergent and change the water; dirty water leaves a film that dulls gloss
- Avoid abrasive powders, wire wool and aggressive solvents; they cut into the topcoat, not the dirt
- Keep a matting run at every external door and clean the mats — a full mat stops catching grit
- Fit soft glides to chair and table legs, and use pads under anything dragged regularly
- Deal with spills promptly, especially in kitchen and service routes
When the topcoat has taken its share of wear after several years of trading, it can usually be abraded and recoated rather than replaced. That is a refresh of the wearing layer, not a new floor, and it is far quicker and cheaper than starting again.
Specification
Finish Options Worth Discussing
Most commercial specifications are a combination of these, changed room by room while the base system stays the same.
High gloss
Maximum depth and reflection. Best in showrooms and display areas where the floor is seen more than it is walked on, and where cleaning is frequent.
Slip-resistant zones
Fine aggregate broadcast into the topcoat at entrances, washrooms and kitchen routes. Textured where it needs grip, smooth everywhere else. Anti-slip flooring
Coving at wall junctions
The floor is turned up the wall in a curve rather than stopping at a square corner, so there is nowhere for residue to sit. Specified where hygiene matters.
Decorative layers
Metallic pigment or marble-effect veining where the floor is part of the brand. Metallic epoxy
Colour demarcation
Walkways, staff-only routes and equipment zones marked into the floor itself rather than taped on top, so the lines do not peel or trap dirt.
UV and sunlight. Epoxy can amber where direct sunlight falls on it, which matters behind a glass shopfront. UV stability comes from the topcoat, and a UV-stable topcoat is available where specified — tell us where the sun lands and we will allow for it.
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Why 3D Master Epoxy
Fourteen years of commercial shutdowns
We have been installing resin floors since 2012 and have completed more than 1,200 floors nationwide, with offices in all major cities and service all over Pakistan. A large share of that work has been commercial, which means our crews are used to the parts that are not resin: agreeing a closure window with a manager who cannot afford to lose a weekend, keeping dust out of an adjoining trading area, and finishing on the date we said we would.
Every project starts with a free site inspection. We measure the space, assess the slab for rising moisture, bring sample panels so you can judge the sheen under your own lighting, and issue a fixed written quotation with the return-to-service dates in it. Our installation teams are experienced, and the systems we use are quality resin systems selected per project rather than one product applied to every job.
Lifetime warranty on workmanship and materials
We stand behind our floors for life. Our lifetime warranty covers workmanship and material defects — if the floor fails because of our installation or the materials we used, we repair it free of charge, with no time limit. Damage from misuse, chemical exposure outside the specified system, structural movement, or moisture rising through the slab is assessed separately. Full warranty terms are provided in writing with every project. Read the full warranty.
Free site inspection
Fixed written quotation
Night & zoned phasing
All major cities
Lifetime warranty
Book a free site inspection
Tell us the city, roughly how many square feet, and what happens in the space. We will measure, assess the slab and come back with a fixed written quotation and a programme that works around your trading hours.